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Industry: Chemical Manufacturing · HQ: Abbott Park, IL

Working at Abbott Laboratories in Santa Clara, CA: 13 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Santa Clara, CA Area

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On average, employees in Santa Clara, CA at Abbott Laboratories give their company a 2.9 rating out of 5.0 based on 13, whereas overall Average Rating of Abbott Laboratories is 4.1 out of 5.0 based on 495 Abbott Laboratories Review Ratings. The happiest Abbott Laboratories employees in Santa Clara, CA are Buyers submitting an average rating of 4.6 and Software Engineers with a rating of 4.8.

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4.1
Average Rating
(based on 320 Abbott Laboratories Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.0
Growth Opportunities
3.6
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
4.2
Rewards You Receive
4.0
Support You Get
4.1
Way You Work
4.2
Work Setting
4.1
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Facilities Engineer
"Abbott Laboratories has a friendly work environment with good chance of advancement within the R&D group of the company. New hires are usually brought in as contractors and converted to full time employees within 6 months. They have a cafeteria on-site with free coffee in the morning. Some of the contractors, like me, never get converted, this is usually within the operations group, if you don't get hired within a year, move on!"
Posted 9 years ago in Irving, TX

Working at Abbott Laboratories in Santa Clara, CA: 13 Employee Reviews

Senior Research Fellow
in Santa Clara, CA

"Abbott is a great place to work"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Software Engineer
in Santa Clara, CA

"A well run company with strong, focused leadership. People are smart; employs the latest technologies, and projects are challenging."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.1
Abbott Laboratories (495)
4.5 Highest Rated in this Industry is Vertex Pharmaceuticals (8)
3.0 Lowest Rated in this Industry is DPT Laboratories (10)
3.8 Average of All Companies in this Industry (5,383)
Abbott Laboratories Employee
in Santa Clara, CA

"The working environment is good, but the salary is on the low side."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Abbott Laboratories Employee
in Santa Clara, CA

"The working environment is good and it is the kind of job I want to do. However, it is difficult to convert to permanent."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
in Santa Clara, CA

"I am a contractor here. The chance for a contractor to become perm is low, although the working environment is OK."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Abbott Laboratories Employee
in Santa Clara, CA

"Nice company. However, their business future is not clear, and now they don't hire a lot of permanent employees."

Person You Work For 3.7 / 5 People You Work With 3.7 / 5 Work Setting 3.7 / 5
Support You Get 3.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.7 / 5
Company Culture 3.7 / 5 Way You Work 3.7 / 5
Senior Clinical Research Associate
in Santa Clara, CA

"I like what I do. I enjoy creating, developing, improving new process."

What do you like about working at Abbott Laboratories?

"Great benefits, good work life balance, well funded strong company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be truthful and honest to the questions. Be yourself. Talk to the team members."

What don't you like about working at Abbott Laboratories?

"Do not accept new ideas and/or suggestions. Mid and low level management folks are being there for so long."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management needs to listen, have some open mind, practice open door policy with your team."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Senior Software Engineer
in Santa Clara, CA
Person You Work For 4.1 / 5 People You Work With 4.4 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 2.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3.9 / 5 Way You Work 3.8 / 5
Buyer
in Santa Clara, CA

"Awesome place to work, great people, great job."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Software Developer
in Santa Clara, CA
Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.7 / 5 Work Setting 3.4 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.9 / 5
Company Culture 4.9 / 5 Way You Work 3.1 / 5
Clinical Scientist
in Santa Clara, CA

"It is a good company to work in, with opportunity of being exposed to various job functions and growing rapidly."

Abbott Laboratories Employee
in Santa Clara, CA

"Big company and acts like one"

What do you like about working at Abbott Laboratories?

"Easy going, relaxed atmosphere. Cushy job for the pay."

What don't you like about working at Abbott Laboratories?

"Lot of overhead work, risk adverse management, Chicago centric. If you are not on the hot track, eventually they will get rid of your division."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Care more about the people reporting to you than the person you are reporting to."

Customer Support Specialist
in Santa Clara, CA

"Good."

What do you like about working at Abbott Laboratories?

"I loved working at Abott Laboratories. I love the fact that you had a growth plan while working there."

What don't you like about working at Abbott Laboratories?

"I didn't like the fact that the people who was in management didn't have any knowledge of the medical industry."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire people that are qualified in management that can lead."

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